Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product AHA-2840A Adaptec
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AHA-2840A/28 42A I nsta llation Guide Part Number : 510 590-00, Rev B Print Spec Numbe r : 49 2663 -0 0 Current Da te: 5/9/96 ECN Date: 6/3/96 AHA-2840A/28 42A I nsta llation Guide Part Number : 510 5.
1 AHA-2840 A/2842A Installa tion Guide Pa r t Nu mb er: 5 1 0590-00 , R e v B Print Spec Number : 4 9266 3-00 Current Dat e: 5/9/96 ECN Date: 6/3/96 Getting Sta rted This guide tells you how to in s tall and c o nfig ure the AH A ™ -2 840A/ 2842A SCSI host adapters.
2 AHA-2840 A/2842A Installa tion Guide Pa r t Nu mb er: 5 1 0590-00 , R e v B Print Spec Number : 4 9266 3-00 Current Dat e: 5/9/96 ECN Date: 6/3/96 Defau lt Se t ti ngs AHA-2840A/2842A host adapters operat e correctly with thei r factory defaul t setti ngs in t he majority of PC systems feat uring VL-Bu s slots.
3 AHA-2840 A/2842A Installa tion Guide Pa r t Nu mb er: 5 1 0590-00 , R e v B Print Spec Number : 4 9266 3-00 Current Dat e: 5/9/96 ECN Date: 6/3/96 3 Remov e the cor respondin g expansi on board access cover o n t he comput er ch ass is .
4 AHA-2840 A/2842A Installa tion Guide Pa r t Nu mb er: 5 1 0590-00 , R e v B Print Spec Number : 4 9266 3-00 Current Dat e: 5/9/96 ECN Date: 6/3/96 if no SCSI hard d is k drives ar e co nnec ted to t he host adapter , you can reduce boo tup time if you disa ble the host adapter BI OS.
5 AHA-2840 A/2842A Installa tion Guide Pa r t Nu mb er: 5 1 0590-00 , R e v B Print Spec Number : 4 9266 3-00 Current Dat e: 5/9/96 ECN Date: 6/3/96 Cautio n: A HA-2 8 40A/2842A host adapter s suppor t on ly singl e-ended S CSI devices . Differentia l SC SI dev ices may be damaged if connected to t he ho st adapter .
6 AHA-2840 A/2842A Installa tion Guide Pa r t Nu mb er: 5 1 0590-00 , R e v B Print Spec Number : 4 9266 3-00 Current Dat e: 5/9/96 ECN Date: 6/3/96 termi natio n if you at tach SCSI devic es to both the internal an d ext ernal SCSI con nect o rs, sin ce the host adapter is then in the m idd le of the SCSI bus.
7 AHA-2840 A/2842A Installa tion Guide Pa r t Nu mb er: 5 1 0590-00 , R e v B Print Spec Number : 4 9266 3-00 Current Dat e: 5/9/96 ECN Date: 6/3/96 In mo st c ases yo ur co mputer , host adapter , and SCSI peripherals are now ready t o use.
8 AHA-2840 A/2842A Installa tion Guide Pa r t Nu mb er: 5 1 0590-00 , R e v B Print Spec Number : 4 9266 3-00 Current Dat e: 5/9/96 ECN Date: 6/3/96 If you s elect Adv anced Con figuration O ptions yo.
9 AHA-2840 A/2842A Installa tion Guide Pa r t Nu mb er: 5 1 0590-00 , R e v B Print Spec Number : 4 9266 3-00 Current Dat e: 5/9/96 ECN Date: 6/3/96 You need additional software, such a s A d aptec’.
10 AHA-2840 A/2842A Installa tion Guide Pa r t Nu mb er: 5 1 0590-00 , R e v B Print Spec Number : 4 9266 3-00 Current Dat e: 5/9/96 ECN Date: 6/3/96 device. If the sys tem has only SCSI d isk drives , chec k th e follow in g: 1 Make sure your comput er's CM OS Setup is set t o No Drives Installed , as r equi red fo r SCSI host adapters.
11 AHA-2840 A/2842A Installa tion Guide Pa r t Nu mb er: 5 1 0590-00 , R e v B Print Spec Number : 4 9266 3-00 Current Dat e: 5/9/96 ECN Date: 6/3/96 Adapte c T echni cal Su pport a nd Servi c e s If .
12 AHA-2840 A/2842A Installa tion Guide Pa r t Nu mb er: 5 1 0590-00 , R e v B Print Spec Number : 4 9266 3-00 Current Dat e: 5/9/96 ECN Date: 6/3/96 Federal C ommunicati ons Comm issi on Radio Freque.
AHA-2840 A/2842A Installa tion Guide Pa r t Nu mb er: 5 1 0590-00 , R e v B Print Spec Number : 4 9266 3-00 Current Dat e: 5/9/96 ECN Date: 6/3/96 Adaptec, Inc. 691 South M i l pitas Blvd. Milpi tas, CA 95 0 3 5 Copyrigh t © 19 9 3, 199 4 , 1996, Adaptec, I nc.
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